Procurement Assistant Manager Home Care – Personal Care Arabia

Function: Procurement

Reports to: Procurement Manager HC, PC, BW, CM Arabia

Scope: X-Markets

Location: Dubai, UAE

Terms & Conditions: full time, local terms

About Unilever

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At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment. We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

Main Job Purpose

Lead Category Procurement for Home Care Arabia and Personal Care MET, partner with procurement markets and portfolios, Marketing, Supply Chain, R&D, and Finance teams, and be the face of procurement to drive top and bottom-line growth. Lead the savings agenda with cross-functional teams and ensure that commercial benefits land in P&L. Partner with procurement and finance teams during the material forecasting process and deliver the understanding to relevant business stakeholders. Partner Supply Chain, Marketing and R&D teams to deliver innovations and renovations OTIF. If you have the ambition to create a huge positive impact on the business, then this role is just for you!

Key Accountabilities

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

• Own and manage Home Care Arabia and Personal Care MET P&L from the procurement side.
• Support the procurement organization and Supply Chain to meet goals and objectives in support of the overall Unilever strategy.
• Support and deliver cost and cash targets based on sourcing and business strategies.
• Lead savings program.
• Lead Supplier Relationship Management focused on service, quality, logistics, and delivery of materials.
• Support the business in the execution of innovation and cost improvement projects.
• Accountable for material price forecasting and lead the discussion with Finance for impact signoff.
• Continuously improve ways of working, e.g., more efficient ways of handling data.
• Efficient, timely, and transparent communication to internal and external stakeholders.
  
  

Responsibilities

• Lead Category Procurement of Home Care Arabia and Personal Care MET.
• Lead the savings program and deliver savings targets (BAU, Light House, and 5S).
• Partner with procurement and finance teams for material forecasting.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver innovations and renovations OTIF.
• Collaborate with procurement, SC, R&D, and marketing teams to establish plans and create systems to deliver these plans.
• Ensure the satisfaction of Unilever's internal customers with the services provided by the procurement organization.
• Bring the voice of internal customers to procurement teams and shape up the plans within procurement to deliver business needs.
  
  

A Successful Procurement Professional Is Expected To Be

• Outstanding in landing commercial value and having a brilliant understanding of P&L.
• Outstanding in idea generation, ideas that are forward-thinking and that contribute to creating sustained competitive advantage.
• Strong at selling ideas to the business partners, internally and externally, translating these into effective proposals conveying value and communicating it accordingly.
• Appreciative of the value and impact of outstanding execution—an eagle eye for detail.
• Act as an entrepreneur, treats business as their own, sets trends, and passionate about operations.
• Behave as a partner-to-win ambassador and demonstrate the value procurement adds to the business.
• Genuinely committed to Unilever’s sustainably lead business model, connected with Unilever and the business agenda.
  
  

Contacts

Internal:

• Senior management of all internal functions.
• Supply Chain Teams.
• Portfolio buyers.
• Manufacturing.
• Supply Planning.
• Innovation Planning.
• R&D.
• Finance.
• Marketing.
• Legal.
  
  

External

• Suppliers.
  
  

What You Need To Succeed

Experiences & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering. MBA degree / Master’s degree is preferred.
• Minimum 3-4 years of experience in Procurement / Supply Management / Supply Chain.
• Experience in large-scale change management projects is preferred.
  
  

Skills

• Business Acumen.
• Strong understanding of P&L.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Power BI.
• Attention to details.
• Customer Focus.
• Effective business communication.
• Ability to navigate through the uncertain.
• Ability to embrace change and be a change leader.
• Future Fit/Digitalization Awareness.
• Negotiation skills.
• Cross-functional working.
• People management in a multicultural environment.
  
  

Leadership

• You are energized by delivering fantastic results. You are an example to others – both your results and your resilience. You are constantly on the lookout for better ways to do things, engaging and collaborating with others along the way.
• As an individual you are the one responsible for your own wellbeing and delivering high standards of work. You must also focus on the Consumer and what they need. You are humble and have your head up, looking around to interpret evidence and data smartly, spot issues and opportunities to make things better.
• Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors
• PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Has an owner’s mindset, using data and insight to make decisions.
• PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Actively builds own wellbeing and resilience.
• CONSUMER LOVE: Whatever their role, always looks for better ways to serve consumers. Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.
• PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.
• AGILITY: Explores the world around them, continually learning and developing their skills.
  

Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicants from all walks of life! This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.

Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.